Updated at 11:25 p.m. by Claire Cardona: Revised to show the resolution was approved.

The Forney City Council unanimously approved a resolution allowing city vehicles to display the phrase "In God We Trust" at its meeting Tuesday night.

Mayor Pro Tem Ray Stephens and council member Scott Regan sponsored an agenda item to consider the action, according to inForney.com.

The council voted 7-0 to place the motto on all police and fire department vehicles in the coming weeks.

"This agenda item that we passed tonight represents a symbolic effort to bring forth a daily reminder of our collective roots in this great nation we call 'home,' Regan said in an emailed statement. "I am so proud of this council and overwhelmed by the support of our citizens as we look forward into a new chapter of 2016."

Regan said he was spurred to action after learning the phrase was recently added to Ennis police vehicles.

Regan said he and Stephens have received support from other elected officials, first responders, residents and businesses.

"Our first responders are under attack, and they need our support every day,” Stephens said in a prepared statement. “We need to come together as a community and set the example for other communities.”

Big Jay’s Sign and Shirt Works, a local business, donated the design, materials, and installation, and will not cost taxpayers any money, according to inForney.com.

In November, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said authorities who displayed the motto on their vehicles would probably win any court challenges.

"Displaying ‘In God We Trust’ on police vehicles is a passive use of a motto steeped in our nation’s history that does not coerce citizen approval or participation,” Paxton wrote in an opinion.

He issued the opinion after the Freedom From Religion Foundation told the Childress Police Department in October to remove the phrase from its patrol cars. In response, Childress Police Chief Adrian Garcia told the foundation to "go fly a kite."

Gov. Greg Abbott, who supported allowing police departments to use the motto, also signaled support for allowing crosses on police vehicles in February. Brewster County, in Far West Texas, recently allowed its officers to put bumper stickers displaying crosses on their patrol cars.

Terri Burke, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, has said such displays are problematic.

“Blurring the lines between church and state — particularly the enforcement arm of the state — sends the message that some groups are second-class citizens," she said in a prepared statement.